"We only just managed to come back. I don't want to go back to the Information Realm!" Mimi said, hugging Palmon beside her.
"We don't have a choice. Digital Beasts from the Information Realm are reaching the Human World. For the sake of the whole world, we have to go!"
Izzy stepped forward, a shadow in his eyes.
With his enhanced intelligence, Izzy had begun to suspect Genai after piecing together Tai's unusual behavior.
"Everyone, no matter what, we have to return to the Information Realm—for the whole world and for our families!"
Tai's voice was firm.
The safety of the entire world was at stake. No matter how angry he felt, he had to make the more rational choice.
With that, Tai raised his Digivice in his right hand.
The other children gathered in a circle and took out their Digivices.
Amid dazzling light, a rainbow-like pillar rose from the ground, drawn upward by their Digivices.
Standing at the edge of the pillar, the children turned back to look at their families.
"We've only just reunited, and now we have to part again. But I'm still going," T.K. said calmly, determination in his eyes.
"No!" T.K.'s mother reached out to stop him, but Yamato's father spoke up beside her.
"Let them go. Didn't we do some willful things ourselves when we were young?"
"If this goes on, the whole world will be destroyed. That's why we have to go. Don't worry, Mom. I'll protect T.K.!"
Tears ran down T.K.'s mother's face. In the end, she said nothing.
The other children were saying goodbye to their families too.
At the edge of the pillar, Tai looked at his mother holding Kari, then glanced at the rainbow light. He had made up his mind.
While his mother was giving his little